Studying in the noisy library at the University of South Florida – Tampa campus has helped me prepare for the distractions that I might run into. Sometimes, though, I just want to quickly do some studying here at the apartment. The library also does not give me the 5 minute proctor warnings nor the convenience of helping with pacing.

This lead me to searching around the internet for something to remedy my problem. I learned about the LSAT Proctor DVD created by Simugator, but I have spent quite a lot of money on LSAT materials and could not bring myself to spend $25 on a Proctor DVD. I thought to myself, “How hard can it be to make a simple MP3 that does the same work?” From 6:30am this morning until about 8:30am, I sat in my bed and created the following file. I used sound effects from freesound.org licensed under a creative commons agreement, my allergy-ridden voice, my MacBook pro and Soundtrack Pro to create this cacophony without having to purchase any additional materials. Since this didn’t cost me anything other than time, I see no reason to charge anyone for it.

It is only ~35 minutes long with the proctor introduction, 5-minute warning and proctor stop-issue. Between those segments, there are a plethora of sound effects that appear throughout the piece. I’m sure if I spent a little more time on it, I could make a better file and I might make LSAT Cacophony 2.0 and Extreme versions later. For right now, though, I hope this suffices.

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Padawan Law – LSAT Cacophony